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If nothing is happening in your town, make something happen. With that attitude Timo van Lierop decided it was time to put on a miniramp contest at the local ramp three years ago. It has become an annual jam and it looks like it's only growing. With the Mini-FAT-JAM, the Tour Dur Laarbeek and the FAT-JAM happening in Aarle-Rixtel, the little town isn't short of happenings, but the more, the better. It keeps the scene alive and it still is better to session with a group of 20 than the usual crew of three.

Senad Grosic and Bjorn Mager went over to Iagulada (Barcelona), Spain for a contest called Bike Paradise. The crowd went nuts during the contest and Bommel and the Governator ended up on top of the 

In BMX dirt, Enarson won the event for his first AST Dew Tour victory of the season and Cameron White earned his first Dew Cup as the season champion. Enarson's best two runs in the three-run finals included a backflip tailwhip, a 360 tuck no-hander, and a 360 double tailwhip. The 17-year-old from La Mesa, Calif. finished with a 93.33 point average.

Australian Corey Bohan was second at 93.17 and fellow countryman White was third at 93.09. "I definitely wanted to get on the podium this year and it makes me a lot more excited to go out with a win," Enarson said. "I just liked the jumps and it was a good day."

Enarson's last AST win in BMX dirt was at the Vans Invitational in Portland in August of 2007. The win earned him third-place overall in season standings.

AST Dew Tour-PlayStation Pro Results Saturday, October 18, 2008 Orlando:

Dirt qualification results:
1st Nyquist, Ryan 92.5
2nd Enarson, Dennis 92.5
3rd Darden, Rob 92
4th Doyle, Chris 91.33
5th Guettler, Ryan 91.17
6th Hult, Josh 90.67
7th Napolitan, Anthony 90.33
8th Mackay, Colin 90
9th Berkheimer, Nate 89.67

10th Gerber, Chris 89.33
11th Wirch, Scott 89.33

Ryan Nyquist won the BMX park event and Jamie Bestwick won the BMX vert event Friday in the PlayStation Pro. In BMX park, Nyquist's win ended Daniel Dhers' winning streak at four. "I upset Daniel's streak, but it's competition, you know," Nyquist said "I didn't want to make the judges give it to him, but I kind of feel bad in the end from taking it from him."  The 29-year-old Nyquist from Los Gatos, Calif. did a backflip over the spine, a 720 barspin over the long box jump and a huge 540 double barspin over the 10-ft. quarterpipe to score 95.00. Dhers of Venezuela was second at 93.33 and Austin Coleman of Los Angeles finished third at 92.67. "I didn't know what my score was going to be, but I knew that was pretty much everything I could possibly do," Nyquist said.

Dhers, the final rider in the heat, was unable to overtake Nyquist after a minor stumble during his run. "Daniel is the force to be reckoned with," Nyquist said. "It's a very rare occasion where he can slip up, but I guess the fact that I won makes him human.

We're back with another issue of the FAT Friday. Always a little work that goes into these things but we hope you enjoy the summary of last week's BMX news. We also have some room for some fun stuff in these FAT Fridays plus some contest flyers that have not made it to t he main page yet.
-Alejandro Caro sent us two pics of the first BMX riders on earth. We challenged everyone to show us photos of BMX before 1956 and it looks like Alejandro got the job done. 

Rider: Thorsten Kurth
Support: BMX Speedshop, Fastpace/Colony, Fourasses, Tuffbros.
Age: 20

-Frame: Colony "Hell Stallion" Frame (Prototype) 21.25"TT
-Fork: Colony "Hell Stallion" Fork
-Bars: Colony "Teddy" Bar

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